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stretto
[ stret-oh ]
noun
- the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
stretto
/ ˈstrɛtəʊ /
noun
- (in a fugue) the close overlapping of two parts or voices, the second one entering before the first has completed its statement of the subject
- Also calledstrettaˈstrɛtə a concluding passage in a composition, played at a faster speed than the earlier material
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Origin of stretto1
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Example Sentences
The first and last quartet end with a thoroughly worked-out fugue, complete with stretto and inversions.
The chief feature in this brilliant passage is a piling up of the theme in stretto form (see measures 148-153).
A stretto is a net, and if one is not constantly on the watch, he is caught in its meshes.
One of its rules was that every fugue should have a stretto.
The middle-section, the stretto-work, and the powerful ending, give the fugue the right to exist.
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